| Each circled pair is an abbreviation for one; all 13 are arranged in the roughly north-to-south order in which their representatives (except for John Hancock) signed the Declaration of Independence | 197 |
| Expand the intrapleural space, automatically allowing entry through the pharynx and beyond, then allow the diaphragm to relax, contract, and expel contents | 155 |
| Educator who once famously compared the lyrics of 2 Live Crew to Shakespeare's [sic] "O my luve's like a red, red rose" | 137 |
| Election Day "container" . . . and a hint to six symmetrically-placed containers hidden in this puzzle. Can you find them? | 132 |
| Economic term named the 2011 Word of the Year by the Oxford English Dictionary...and a description of 6 squares in this puzzle | 126 |
| Entertainment options so named because the audience is more detached, per McLuhan (not because he thought they were awesome) | 124 |
| Embarking on something exciting, and a hint regarding what this puzzle's starred answers' endings have in common | 120 |
| EPILOGUE: Band member: Where can we possibly go where they won't find us? T: I'm thinking __ (Frankie Avalon) | 117 |
| Electrodynamics class: B -- “We thankfully skipped the history of the subject and jumped straight into ___” | 115 |
| Ex-coach of the 2006 Super Bowl-winning Pittsburgh Steelers who is now a game analyst for "The NFL Today" | 115 |
| Example or attribute of something used to represent the whole, as "sword" for "military power" | 114 |
| Eccentric billionaire entrepreneur who holds the Guinness record for the largest single e-commerce transaction | 110 |
| Emmy nominee for 11 straight years in the 1970s and '80s for lead actor in a comedy series (he won twice) | 109 |
| Enclosure ... and an alphabetical listing of letters not appearing elsewhere in this puzzle's answer | 104 |
| Early vehicle for Joaquin Phoenix, as a Star Wars-obsessed kid spending the summer near Cape Canaveral | 102 |
| Elvis standard that begins "Bright light city gonna set my soul / Gonna set my soul on fire" | 102 |
| End of an idiom meaning "speaks evasively," whose beginning can be found around this answer | 101 |
| Elton John hit that begins "Guess there are times when we all need to share a little pain" | 100 |
| Eugenia Washington (co-founder of the Daughters of the American Revolution), to George Washington | 97 |
| Either of a pair of stubborn Dr. Seuss characters in "The Sneetches and Other Stories" | 96 |
| Entertainer (1938-2007) whose first name is hidden in eight puzzle answers including this one | 93 |
| Elaborate practical joke where the victim is left in the dark charged with an impossible task | 93 |
| Elite Navy group that's fittingly camouflaged in the four longest answers in this puzzle | 92 |
| Event where the number 12 is important, and a feature of 12 two-word answers in this puzzle | 91 |
| Eminem rap with the lyric "Guarantee I'll be the greatest thing you ever had" | 91 |
| Each of them is "one who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs": Bierce | 90 |
| Event at the 2012 Olympics in which a Venezuelan won gold for his country's only medal | 90 |
| Explosive fragments named after the British inventor of an artillery shell containing them | 90 |
| Early punk rock band with the song "Never Been in a Riot," with "the" | 89 |
| End-of-the-week Twitter tag listing those you think others should be paying attention to | 88 |
| Exam with a Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills section beginning in 2015, for short | 87 |
| Ethel Waters title line following "Now he's gone, and we're through" | 86 |
| Equally influenced right now by Nam June Paik's video work and Bedouin poetry, say | 86 |
| Emergency fund ... or what the second part of each answer to a starred clue ends with? | 86 |
| Eugene's violin piece, recorded on the D-Day beaches, was known as "___" | 86 |
| Events in which you pin your victim, go after their sensitive spots, and show no mercy | 86 |
| Eagles song with the line "She is headed for the cheatin' side of town" | 85 |
| Empire whose main sport was tlachtli, wherein the loser was ritualistically executed | 84 |
| Enjoy summer weather, and a hint to the beginning of the three other longest answers | 84 |
| Egyptian polymath considered to be history's first physician and first architect | 84 |
| Exams for students potentially most interested in this puzzle's theme, in brief | 83 |
| Eponymous star of a 1960s sitcom, the only American TV star with his three initials | 83 |
| Espresso order, or what each word pair in the theme answers synonymously represents | 83 |
| Explanatory information about this puzzle is revealed by reading these in the clues | 83 |
| E.T.O. battleground that Samuel Beckett called "The Capital of the Ruins" | 83 |
| End of the letter: "Thanks for the laugh. I'm voting for Obama/__." | 82 |
| Edward Cullen's rival for Bella's hand, in the "Twilight" series | 82 |
| English Midlands city that is home to the largest outdoor covered market in Europe | 82 |
| Elton John hit subtitled "I Think It's Going To Be a Long Long Time" | 82 |
| Event that often provides occasion for Kanye West to make a fool of himself: Abbr. | 82 |
| End of a nursery rhyme, or the fate of this puzzle's other three long answers | 81 |
| Ending with bunny or puppy or basically any animal you want to watch perpetually | 80 |
| ENGLISH GIRL, cat lover, party-goer, seeks fellow-adventurer to share dreams ... | 80 |
| English Lit class: A -- “All we had to do was read one book; a very ___” | 80 |
| English illustrator who created the "St. Trinian's" cartoon series | 80 |
| Early film version of "The Maltese Falcon," "Satan Met ___" | 79 |
| Employer of the "basterds" in "Inglourious Basterds": Abbr. | 79 |
| Exclusive group's limit, or dental restoration required to get into a club? | 79 |
| Extremely versatile material the Once-ler manufactures in "The Lorax" | 79 |
| European city whose airport is the world's largest chocolate-selling point | 78 |
| Early production company for "I Love Lucy" and "Star Trek" | 78 |
| Emperor whose last words were "What an artist the world loses in me" | 78 |
| End of the slogan that starts "Everybody doesn't like something" | 78 |
| Extended piece by John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin or John Entwistle of the Who | 78 |
| Electronica group behind that "I've got the power!" music sample | 78 |
| Extremely controversial, blasphemous 1987 photograph by artist Andres Serrano | 77 |
| Eisenhower portrayer in the 2004 TV movie "Ike: Countdown to D-Day" | 77 |
| Energy company whose bankrupcy took down the Arthur Andersen accounting firm | 76 |
| English king said to have died from eating a "surfeit of lampreys" | 76 |
| Essential legume in a porridge served hot, cold, or in the pot nine days old | 76 |
| Event (as opposed to a sit-in) that might legitimize the use of pepper spray | 76 |
| Entertainer whose last name is the past tense of a synonym of his first name | 76 |
| Event when one might ask "is it just me, or is it getting hotter?" | 76 |
| Elton John song about a man who "wears his war wound like a crown" | 76 |
| Eddie __, New York cop involved in the actual "French Connection" | 75 |
| Elton John's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" singing partner | 75 |
| English philosopher who wrote "Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins" | 75 |
| Euripides play that ends with the title character's wedding to Hermione | 75 |
| Event featuring new work, and where the items in the corners might be found | 75 |
| Either of the first two runners-up to Rose for the 1968 N.L. batting title | 74 |
| Exec who ran a company that had the same internal letters as his last name | 74 |
| Easter bunny's spring, found in this puzzle's nine longest answers | 74 |
| Eight of the world's 10 highest mountains are entirely or partly in it | 74 |
| Elisabeth with a Best Actress nomination for "Leaving Las Vegas" | 74 |
| Electrical pioneer whose last known U.S. patent was for a helicopter-plane | 74 |
| Eric Clapton "I'm ___, I'm almost level with the ground" | 74 |
| Eagles "Wonder why the right words never come. You just get __" | 73 |
| Exchange between NBA forward Antoine Walker and a sports reporter, PART 1 | 73 |
| Either of Heather's parents, according to a children's book title | 73 |
| eHarmony employee's credo? (Elvis Costello / Toots & the Maytals) | 73 |
| Elvis's and Mariah's record number of weeks at Billboard's #1 | 73 |
| Element 118, which has the highest atomic mass of all discovered elements | 73 |
| End of the count at the beginning of Kraftwerk's "Numbers" | 72 |
| Explorer ___ Ãlvarez de Pineda, first European to see the Mississippi | 72 |
| Esmeralda's dance partner in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" | 72 |
| Elton John duettist on the #1 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" | 72 |
| Earned run average times innings pitched divided by earned runs given up | 72 |
| Entertainer whose Broadway show was subtitled "The Royal Tour" | 72 |
| Entertainer born in May 1919, the basis for five anagrams in this puzzle | 72 |
| Epic battle in technology ... or a hint to four crossings in this puzzle | 72 |